If they come in as a factory, they are limited to 5. To get Max the title they used 18, or so I've read/heard.I suspect they and BMW are gone for that same engine reason.
Didn't Ducati grenade a lot of motors back in the Foggy days?

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Originally Posted by mpower13

So with WSBK going to 8 engines does that make it easier for Aprillia to walk away and join the MotoGP ranks?

If they come in as a factory, they are limited to 5. To get Max the title they used 18, or so I've read/heard.I suspect they and BMW are gone for that same engine reason.
Didn't Ducati grenade a lot of motors back in the Foggy days?

Aprilia would be granted 9 I believe for their first year as a factory entry. Rumor is based on Alex Esp usage so far this year Aprilia could hit that 9 engine limit for next year.

I have read that max used 32 engines during his championship season #1.

WSBK may in for quite the decline with no Aprilia, BMW, Yamaha and 8 engines.

Word is that the numbers of engines that Max used were kind of misleading -- Instead of 30something engines, what the Aprilia techs would do is go in and check and freshen the top ends of the motors as necessary on race weekends, something not allowable under current MotoGP rules.

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Word is that the numbers of engines that Max used were kind of misleading -- Instead of 30something engines, what the Aprilia techs would do is go in and check and freshen the top ends of the motors as necessary on race weekends, something not allowable under current MotoGP rules.

Carmelo Ezpeleta was the source of the "34 engines per season" comments. It was a distortion to further his agenda.

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